Patents by Inventor Seog jin Yoon

Seog jin Yoon has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11398654
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including a plurality of cylindrical battery cells with improved cooling efficiency. The secondary battery pack includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells having electrode terminals formed at both ends thereof; a pack case having an accommodation portion formed to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein and at least one exposing portion perforated from an inside to an outside thereof; at least one heat dissipation plate configured in the form of a metal plate and located at the exposing portion of the pack case so that at least a portion thereof is exposed out through the exposing portion of the pack case; and a heat transfer pad having a thermally conductive material in a solid state and interposed between the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and the heat dissipation plate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Sang Kim, Kun-Joo Yang, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11398663
    Abstract: Provided are a battery module including a bus bar, whereby weldability may be increased by reducing current loss when welding the bus bar and an electrode terminal of a battery cell, and a battery pack including the battery module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Soo Park, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11391779
    Abstract: A battery capacity estimation apparatus including: a battery; a sensing unit connected to the battery to measure an OCV of the battery; an SOC estimation unit connected to the sensing unit to estimate an SOC of the battery using the OCV measured from the sensing unit; a memory unit storing data including the SOC and the OCV of the battery, the memory unit being connected to the SOC estimation unit; and an operation unit connected to the SOC estimation unit and the memory unit, the operation unit being configured to calculate an SOC reduction degree according to a use voltage range change and re-calculate a changed SOC according to a changed use capacity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 18, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ju Hong, Dong Hyun Kim, Seog Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11355825
    Abstract: A battery pack and a method for manufacturing the same, and more particularly, a battery pack in which a heat dissipation member is attached to a protection element assembly to reduce heat generated from the battery pack when being discharged and a method for manufacturing the same.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: June 7, 2022
    Assignee: LG Energy Solution, Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin Oh Yang, Seog Jin Yoon
  • Publication number: 20220069371
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to an apparatus and method for diagnosing a state of a battery pack, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for diagnosing a state of a battery pack based on a SOC of a battery module included in the battery pack. According to the present disclosure, since the SOC of the battery module corresponding to an induced abnormal situation is estimated and the state of each battery module is diagnosed based on the estimated SOC, a risk factor that may occur in the battery module may be diagnosed in advance.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 10, 2020
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Applicant: LG ENERGY SOLUTION, LTD.
    Inventors: Dong-Chun LEE, Won-Hoe LEE, Seog-Jin YOON, Suk-Hoon LEE
  • Patent number: 11189876
    Abstract: A battery module including a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module housing having an accommodating part; a bus bar electronically connected to electrode terminals of at least two cylindrical battery cell; and a current collecting plate contacting with a current collecting plate of an adjacent battery module and being electronically connected to a plurality of cylindrical battery cells of the adjacent battery module, wherein a guide coupling structure, including a coupling protrusion and a guiding groove, guides an arrangement location of the adjacent battery module on an outer surface of an external wall of the module housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 21, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Bae Lee, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11139517
    Abstract: The present disclosure provides a battery pack including a plurality of cylindrical battery cells forming a clamping part by coupling a cap assembly on one opened surface of a cylindrical can and forming a first electrode terminal and a second electrode terminal on a top surface of the clamping part and a top end central portion of the cap assembly, respectively, and a first electrode terminal connecting plate simultaneously coupled to upper end surfaces of the clamping parts of the battery cells in a state in which cylindrical battery cells are laterally arranged so that the cap assemblies of the cylindrical battery cells head in the same direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 20, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kun Joo Yang, Yong Jun Cho, Seog Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11139515
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells each having electrode terminals respectively at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof; a module housing including an accommodation portion having hollow structures in which the cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; a current collecting plate on an outer surface of the module housing and including welding holes through which the electrode terminals of the cylindrical battery cells are exposed to the outside; a bus bar in contact with each of the electrode terminals and the current collecting plate to electrically connect the electrode terminals to the current collecting plate; and a heat conduction pad disposed outside the current collecting plate and including a contact protrusion portion protruding and extending in a direction in which the electrode terminals are disposed to be in contact with a contact connection portion between the electrode terminals and the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 5, 2021
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Hwan Yang, Jin-Oh Yang, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11108098
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells each having electrode terminals respectively at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof; a module housing including an accommodation portion having hollow structures in which the cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; a current collecting plate on an outer surface of the module housing and including welding holes through which the electrode terminals of the cylindrical battery cells are exposed to the outside; a bus bar in contact with each of the electrode terminals and the current collecting plate to electrically connect the electrode terminals to the current collecting plate; and a heat conduction pad disposed outside the current collecting plate and including a contact protrusion portion protruding and extending in a direction in which the electrode terminals are disposed to be in contact with a contact connection portion between the electrode terminals and the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 31, 2021
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Hwan Yang, Jin-Oh Yang, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 11069932
    Abstract: A battery module includes: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells each having electrode terminals respectively at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof; a module housing including an accommodation portion having hollow structures in which the cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; a current collecting plate on an outer surface of the module housing and including welding holes through which the electrode terminals of the cylindrical battery cells are exposed to the outside; a bus bar in contact with each of the electrode terminals and the current collecting plate to electrically connect the electrode terminals to the current collecting plate; and a heat conduction pad disposed outside the current collecting plate and including a contact protrusion portion protruding and extending in a direction in which the electrode terminals are disposed to be in contact with a contact connection portion between the electrode terminals and the bus bar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 20, 2021
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Seong-Hwan Yang, Jin-Oh Yang, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Publication number: 20210184289
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a battery module and a battery pack including the same, and more particularly, to a battery module and a battery pack having the same, the battery module being formed in a heat transfer structure so that the temperatures of a plurality of battery cells are efficiently adjusted, and formed such that a heat transfer member is formed to have through holes so that the stability of the battery cells increases.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 24, 2018
    Publication date: June 17, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Han Yong JEONG, Seog Jin YOON, Kun Joo YANG
  • Publication number: 20210167467
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells respectively having electrode terminals formed at an upper portion and a lower portion thereof; a module housing including an accommodation portion having a plurality of hollow structures in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; and a module bus bar including a first metal plate having a body portion located at an upper portion or a lower portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells to extend in a horizontal direction and a plurality of connection portions configured to extend in a horizontal direction from one side of the body portion to contact the electrode terminals of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a second metal plate bonded to the body portion of the first metal plate and having a metal with a relatively higher electric conductivity than the first metal plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: June 3, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kun-Joo YANG, Seog-Jin YOON
  • Publication number: 20210050568
    Abstract: Disclosed is a battery pack having improved manufacturing efficiency, high energy density and enhanced product stability. The battery pack includes a mounting structure including a first frame formed in a plate shape whose both ends are bent upward to form an inner space and a second frame formed in a plate shape whose both ends are bent downward to form an inner space; a first battery module group accommodated in the inner space of the first frame and including a plurality of battery modules; and a second battery module group accommodated in the inner space of the second frame and including a plurality of battery modules.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 18, 2019
    Publication date: February 18, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Oh YANG, Kun-Joo YANG, Seog-Jin YOON
  • Publication number: 20210005865
    Abstract: A battery pack includes a plurality of battery modules arranged in a front and rear direction, and each of the plurality of battery modules includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module housing having a plurality of hollows in which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells are inserted and accommodated; and a connection plate having a body portion located at the upper portion or the lower portion of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and provided with a plurality of connection terminals respectively in electrical contact and connection with the electrode terminal formed at one of the plurality of cylindrical battery cells, and a connection portion configured to protrusively extend in a left direction or a right direction from the body portion so that the protrusively extending portion is bent upward or downward from the body portion and the bent end is in contact and connection with a portion of another connection plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Publication date: January 7, 2021
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jin-Oh YANG, Seog-Jin YOON
  • Publication number: 20200388804
    Abstract: Discussed is a battery pack having a mounting structure including: a frame having a body portion with a plate placed horizontally, and sidewalk bent from opposite ends of the body portion and extending upward to form an inner space above the plate, and a battery module accommodated in the inner space of the frame, and including: a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module case having a plurality of hollow tubes into which the plurality of cylindrical battery cells standing upright in an upper and lower direction are inserted; and a connection portion configured to connect the plurality of hollow tubes to each other.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 12, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Kwang-Bae LEE, Kun-Joo YANG, Seog-Jin YOON
  • Patent number: 10847760
    Abstract: A battery module includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells; a module housing having an accommodation portion formed therein to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cell; and a heat pipe having an outer wall to form a sealed tube structure. The tube structure includes a coolant therein, and the heat pipe includes a wick located to surround an inner wall of the tube structure and having a plurality of micropores formed therein. The heat pipe extends in a horizontal direction along the plurality of cylindrical battery cells. The heat pipe has a plate shape and stands so that both surfaces thereof are oriented in a horizontal direction. The battery module has improved heat balance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 12, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2020
    Assignee: LG Chem, Ltd.
    Inventors: Ji-Soo Park, Jin-Oh Yang, Seog-Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 10840711
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to battery cell balancing using duty ratio control, and more particularly, to a battery cell balancing method and system with improved accuracy and efficiency by detecting a temperature of a resistance caused by a current flowing in a battery cell during battery cell balancing, calculating a duty ratio of the battery cell balancing according thereto, and detecting a voltage of the battery cell when a predetermined time elapses after the cell balancing operation.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 17, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ju Hong, Dong Hyun Kim, Seog Jin Yoon
  • Patent number: 10811887
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for providing a charging voltage, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for providing a charging voltage, which rapidly provide a stable charging voltage to a corresponding cell through a cell balancing voltage source that is one of two separate charging voltage sources, when cell balancing is necessary.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 17, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 20, 2020
    Assignee: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Sung Ju Hong, Ho Chol Nam, Hak In Kim, Seog Jin Yoon
  • Publication number: 20200321669
    Abstract: Disclosed is a secondary battery pack including a plurality of cylindrical battery cells with improved cooling efficiency. The secondary battery pack includes a plurality of cylindrical battery cells having electrode terminals formed at both ends thereof; a pack case having an accommodation portion formed to accommodate the plurality of cylindrical battery cells therein and at least one exposing portion perforated from an inside to an outside thereof; at least one heat dissipation plate configured in the form of a metal plate and located at the exposing portion of the pack case so that at least a portion thereof is exposed out through the exposing portion of the pack case; and a heat transfer pad having a thermally conductive material in a solid state and interposed between the plurality of cylindrical battery cells and the heat dissipation plate.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 29, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Jae-Sang KIM, Kun-Joo YANG, Seog-Jin YOON
  • Publication number: 20200321590
    Abstract: Provided are a battery module including a bus bar, whereby weldability may be increased by reducing current loss when welding the bus bar and an electrode terminal of a battery cell, and a battery pack including the battery module.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 25, 2019
    Publication date: October 8, 2020
    Applicant: LG CHEM, LTD.
    Inventors: Ji-Soo PARK, Seog-Jin Yoon